Top Posts Tagged with #learning curve

Visit Original Link

Facing Doubt [Psalm 73:1-3,12-26] Tim Keller teaches doubt is not the opposite of faith; unbelief is (I like this distinction, not just semantics: Doubt is when you are uncertain and ask questions. Disbelief is when you decide something is false [1, 2] I want to say this is his best sermon, but I have yet to hear every single one so I can't just yet but this one is way up there).. He notes a healthy faith must wrestle with questions. Just like a human body needs an immune system to grow strong, faith requires doubts to mature. We must confront our doubts to build a stronger trust in GOD. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] #PS LH

"Everything difficult indicates something more than our theory of life embraces" This famous quote by George MacDonald means when we face hard problems, they push our limits. They show us that our simple plans for life are too small. Hard things prove there is a bigger world out there than we understand. [1, 2, 3, 4] Think of a theory of life like a map you drew of your town. You only drew the smooth paved roads. When you hit a rocky mountain, your map is useless. The mountain indicates there is more to the land than what you drew. George MacDonald published this statement in 1885. [1] It appears in his book Unspoken Sermons, Second Series, specifically within a sermon titled "The Hardness of the Way". The sermon is a deep reflection on Luke 18:27—"The things which are impossible with men are possible with GOD"—written during the peak of his career as a Victorian novelist and theologian. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Keller breaks down the topic of doubt into key ideas:

Two Sides of Doubt: Society often gets this wrong. Religious groups treat doubt as a sin. Secular groups think doubt is the only smart way to live. The Bible takes a balanced view. It is normal to feel unsure, but we can learn & grow through it. [1]

The Root of Doubt: Doubts often happen when we compare our lives to others and wonder why bad things happen to good ppl. This is like the writer of Psalm 73 in the Bible, who became confused when he saw the wicked prosper. [1]

Faith vs. Proof: Compelled belief, based purely on logical proof, doesn't really leave room for faith. GOD wants us to trust HIM, which goes beyond just seeing facts. [1]

A Journey of Growth: Doubts can be transformed. When you bring your questions to GOD, HE meets you where you are, just as JESUS met Thomas. [1, 2, 3, 4]

You can listen to Keller's full sermon on this topic by exploring the Facing Doubt Podcast or reading the Facing Doubt Transcript from his Public Faith series. For a deeper look at balancing your questions with belief, check out The Reason for GOD or read The Gospel Coalition article on his teachings. [1, 2, 3]

Are you facing doubts about a specific part of faith?

Are you having a hard time finding meaning in life?

Yes, American historian and philosopher Thomas S. Kuhn wrote the famous 1962 book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. It is one of the most cited academic books of all time. [1, 2] Kuhn challenged the old idea that science grows steadily, like building a tower with new bricks. Instead, he said science goes through four stages: [1, 2, 3]

Normal Science: Scientists agree on a set of rules and beliefs called a "paradigm" (like a shared game plan). They solve puzzles within this safe box.

Anomalies: Scientists find facts or results that do not fit the plan.

Crisis: Too many broken rules pile up. Scientists doubt the old ways.

Revolution: The scientific community swaps the old plan for a new one. This is called a paradigm shift. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Think of it like playing a board game. During "normal science," you play by the rules. During a "crisis," you find missing pieces or realize the game is broken. During a "revolution," you throw out the old board & start playing a brand new game. [1, 2, 3]

You can learn more about his exact theories by reading the The Structure of Scientific Revolutions on Wikipedia or downloading a copy of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn. [1]

Would you like to explore real-world examples of these paradigm shifts (like when we learned the Earth orbits the Sun instead of the other way around), or do you want to learn how his ideas apply to modern science?

Q2: what was the latest paradigm shift? Quantum Mechanics? BigBang Why Quantum Mechanics Feels Like the "Last" Big One: Quantum mechanics is often thought of as the ultimate shift because it altered our fundamental understanding of reality itself. It forced scientists to accept that nature is ruled by probability rather than absolute certainty. [1, 2, 3, 4] The Next Potential Paradigm Shift: Theoretical physics is currently facing a massive crisis in the Kuhnian sense: General Relativity (the physics of the very big) and Quantum Mechanics (the physics of the very small) contradict each other. They cannot both be fully correct. Scientists are searching for a unified "Theory of Everything", such as string theory or quantum gravity. Finding this mathematical bridge will trigger the next massive paradigm shift in physics. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Would you like to explore how plate tectonics finally won over skeptical geologists, or would you prefer to look at the current crisis scientists face while trying to merge gravity and quantum physics? [1, 2, 3, 4]

C01: I know everyone says this but it’s literally “if you’re homeless just…buy a house?” C02: We're 'pathetic' but people actively look in this subreddit and come to conclusions about our shifting journey based on memes that are literally harmless 98% of the time. R01: And they think us calling them "loadroids" is like calling them slurs or something.

Loader droids (loadlifters) are industrial work robots used to lift and carry heavy cargo. They operate in starports, mining colonies, and military ships. Because of their heavy-duty work, most are slow and have very simple robot brains. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Is there a realistic possibility of a paradigm shift happening within our understanding of physics or mathematics?

C01: I'll talk about physics only, I am not sufficiently advanced in math for that. There are still tons of things we don't understand fully in physics (dark matter, dark energy, the mass of the proton, and so on). And we still haven't merged together our two current paradigms, general relativity and quantum physics. So a paradigm shift is totally possible in the next decades. But it's also possible that we'll solve these problems without this kind of shift, or that we won't be able to solve them in the near future. This, however, will not render our current physics useless. For example, Newtonian physics has been proven wrong by Einstein, that is, the concepts it uses to describe the world aren't the right ones (the gravitational force has been replaced by spacetime curvature, for example). But the results it yields are very, very close to the correct results as long as you don't get close to the speed of light. And Newtonian physics is much more simple to handle, so it is still used a lot in engineering for instance. In the same way, our current physics will be an excellent approximation of any future physics paradigm, and we will likely use that approximation in most cases. The last paradigm shifts has enabled us to build things that we couldn't have imagined before : nuclear power plants, nuclear bombs, lasers, GPS (which use general relativity to calculate their position), and so on. What we'll be able to conceive with a new paradigm in physics depends a lot on what this new paradigm is, and what it tells us about the Universe. Which we don't know, until we get there. But in any case, it will take decades after the discovery of this paradigm to invent practical applications. And it's entirely possible that there will be no practical applications, because the effects of the change would be too small to be really useful.

Trending Tags

Last Seen Tags

#learning curve

Trending Tags

Last Seen Tags

#learning curve